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I want to restore my computer to its original state, with only Windows 98 and nothing else. Do I simply insert my Windows 98 CD and re-install windows? Does that method get rid of everything other than Windows?
Or do I have to format my hard-drive to get rid of all my files. Then re-install Windows 98 from DOS?
Re-installing windows will only install windows ontop of itself, it has no effect on your other files. If you want to start from scratch, you will need to re-format. BUT before you reformat make sure you know what it entails. Read through this thread for all the warnings and needs required – Re-formatting?!
Are there any official guides anywhere on how to re-format hard drives? And how do I re-install Windows afterwards in DOS from CD?
First of all, do you have the Windows 98 CD? It’s pretty simple, backup your files, pop in the CD, reboot the computer, and follow the on-screen instructions on what to do.
Yep. I have the Windows 98 CD. Except, I remember formatting before on my old computer. And there was a time where DOS could not find D: drive after formatting (cd-drive). Could this happen again, and what do I do if this happens?
If you cannot boot directly from the cd (setup in bios) some older computer dont have this option. You need to have a bootdisk to boot into DOS that will setup your CD drive to a drive letter. Use MSCDEX.EXE to do this. There are multiple ways to use this..I would google for it to figure out what works..some methods work for some computer and some for others, depends on the hardware. When I used to do a lot of computer maitaince where I had to boot to DOS with Win95/98 back in the day, I had 2 or 3 different boot disks..and 1 of them would get any of the CD-ROMs working.
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